OT: Anquan Boldin traded to 49ers

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000149401/article/report-anquan-bol...
ESPN has confirmed the sources that Anquan Boldin has been traded to the 49ers. With the ravens wanting salary cap relief, they wanted Anquan Boldin to take a 2 million dollar deduction, which Boldin refused, wanting to play for his original contract. Wow....49ers are stacked and they only had to give up a 6th round pick

How do you think its not a crazy deal? Its a 6th round pick (which is basically nothing) for a proven commodity. The guy was lights out in the playoffs too. And always hurt? He's missed four games in four years. That's pretty damn healthy for the NFL.

I believe Antonio Brown of the Steelers was a 6th round pick. You can always find a treasure late. Since it's only one more year, I guess it isn't awful for them. But San Fran's cap situation wih this move, even though they unloaded Smith, isn't favorable, especially when they have a lot of young guys that will be looking for pay raises sooner rather than later.

This move tells me they know that a lot of their guys won't be around much longer, and this is their big push to win one next year.

The kind of deal he gets might influence how long the 49ers keep Manningham (next year will be the last of his current contract). As a Brady/ Patriots fan however, I welcome the move of a pretty important piece of the Ravens team moving to the NFC.

Hell yah lol. As a Vikings fan, I was cheering when I saw Harvin was traded before I even saw what we got. I expected a 2nd and 3rd in returm. 1st, midrounder, and late? veryyy happy...as long as we pick up a couple free agents + use the 1st rounder for a WR

I like this actually, lights even more of a fire under the front office to pick up a big boy. Get Mike Wallace, Stevie Breaston, some meh dude, and draft Denard (Havin's skill without Harvin's prissy personality) and AD will forget about that stomach ache. Seems like a hellova wish list but they can afford it all now.

as much as the next man- but C'MON MAN - to say that has Harvin's skill is absurd. I will be rooting for Denard to have a long and successful career - but as a receiver, scat-back, returner there is no way to honestly say he brings what Harvin does to the table.

is one of the best in the league. He put together a collection of great talents that he can afford to give up draft picks for Harvin. He drafted Russell Okung (pro bowl LT), Max Unger (pro bowl C), Russell Wilson (3rd round), Bobby Wagner (2nd round), Richard Sherman (2nd best CB in the league and was drafted at 5th round), Earl Thomas (pro bowl S), Kam Chancellor (pro bowl S), and KJ Wright (3rd round). He brought in players who were either disgruntled or underperformed or never had a good start in their career to the team and they thrived for the Seahawks. Marshawn Lynch and Brandon Browner comes to mind.

He made a ton of great moves that the Seahawks are loaded that they can afford to give up mulitple draft picks for a dynamic WR in Harvin. Harvin was playing at Pro Bowl level before he got hurt last year. He is a great fit for the Seahawks, schematically wise.

Boldin is a reliable near 1,000 yard reciever. Strong get for the Niners. It could only happen with a team that had cap space to burn, and compared to the free agent market for WR's it's a nice score. The only arguably better WR's on the market would be Welker, Jennings and Wallace.

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